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{{quote|Pitfalls got [[Kong|ya]] down? Way down? This balloon will really lift your spirits!|Funky Kong|Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze}}
{{quote|Pitfalls got [[Kong|ya]] down? Way down? This balloon will really lift your spirits!|Funky Kong|Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze}}
[[File:Greenballoon DKCR3D.png|thumb|left|200px|A Green Balloon from ''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D]]'']]
The '''Green Balloon''' is an item in the ''[[Donkey Kong Country (series)|Donkey Kong Country]]'' series. It is identical to a [[Red Balloon]], except, as its name indicates, it is colored green. In [[Donkey Kong Country|the first]] [[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest|three]] [[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!|''Donkey Kong Country'' games]], it serves as a type of Extra Life Balloon<ref>"''Extra Life Balloons come in three great flavors. Red Balloons give you one extra life, Green Balloons give you two and the elusive Blue Balloons give you three extra lives!''" - The Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble Player's Guide, page 15.</ref> and is also known as the '''2-Up Balloon'''<ref>M. Arakawa. ''Donkey Kong Country'' Player's Guide. Pages 28. "'''''Get Four Free Lives!''' Go get Diddy out of the first DK Barrel, select him, and then come back to the Treehouse door. Using Super Jumps, Diddy can cartwheel and jump his way along the treetops through the first section of this stage. Two red 1-Up Balloons will appear and then a green 2-Up Balloon will present itself. Grab ’em all!''"</ref> as it grants two [[extra life|extra lives]].
The '''Green Balloon''' is an item in the ''[[Donkey Kong Country (series)|Donkey Kong Country]]'' series. It is identical to a [[Red Balloon]], except, as its name indicates, it is colored green. In [[Donkey Kong Country|the first]] [[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest|three]] [[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!|''Donkey Kong Country'' games]], it serves as a type of Extra Life Balloon<ref>"''Extra Life Balloons come in three great flavors. Red Balloons give you one extra life, Green Balloons give you two and the elusive Blue Balloons give you three extra lives!''" - The Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble Player's Guide, page 15.</ref> and is also known as the '''2-Up Balloon'''<ref>M. Arakawa. ''Donkey Kong Country'' Player's Guide. Pages 28. "'''''Get Four Free Lives!''' Go get Diddy out of the first DK Barrel, select him, and then come back to the Treehouse door. Using Super Jumps, Diddy can cartwheel and jump his way along the treetops through the first section of this stage. Two red 1-Up Balloons will appear and then a green 2-Up Balloon will present itself. Grab ’em all!''"</ref> as it grants two [[extra life|extra lives]].


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Revision as of 16:57, August 24, 2021

This article is about the green-colored balloons from the Donkey Kong Country games. For the green-colored balloons from Diddy Kong Racing and Diddy Kong Racing DS, see Weapon Balloon.

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“Pitfalls got ya down? Way down? This balloon will really lift your spirits!”
Funky Kong, Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze

The Green Balloon is an item in the Donkey Kong Country series. It is identical to a Red Balloon, except, as its name indicates, it is colored green. In the first three Donkey Kong Country games, it serves as a type of Extra Life Balloon[1] and is also known as the 2-Up Balloon[2] as it grants two extra lives.

It is retooled with a different purpose in Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D and Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze and its Nintendo Switch port, where it can be obtained at Cranky Kong's Shop for three Banana Coins or at Funky's Fly 'n' Buy for seven Banana Coins, respectively. If Donkey Kong (or Funky Kong in the Nintendo Switch version of Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze) equips a Green Balloon, it brings him back to the stage after falling into a bottomless pit. However, Green Balloons cannot be used in stages which require Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong to keep moving, or when falling into pits is impossible (such as when riding a Mine Cart or a Rocket Barrel). Green Balloons cannot be used during multiplayer.

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Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
Japanese グリーンバルーン
Gurīn Barūn
Green Balloon

References

  1. ^ "Extra Life Balloons come in three great flavors. Red Balloons give you one extra life, Green Balloons give you two and the elusive Blue Balloons give you three extra lives!" - The Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble Player's Guide, page 15.
  2. ^ M. Arakawa. Donkey Kong Country Player's Guide. Pages 28. "Get Four Free Lives! Go get Diddy out of the first DK Barrel, select him, and then come back to the Treehouse door. Using Super Jumps, Diddy can cartwheel and jump his way along the treetops through the first section of this stage. Two red 1-Up Balloons will appear and then a green 2-Up Balloon will present itself. Grab ’em all!"